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Chrysozephyrus kabrua

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Chrysozephyrus kabrua

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Chrysozephyrus

Rank
  
Subspecies

Chrysozephyrus kabrua

Similar
  
Chrysozephyrus esakii, Chrysozephyrus, Ancema ctesia, Mahathala ameria, Rapala nissa

Chrysozephyrus kabrua, the Kabru hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Thecla kabrua Tytler .

Subspecies

  • C. k. niitakanus (Kano, 1928) Taiwan
  • C. k. neidhoeferi Shimonoya & Murayama, 1971 Taiwan
  • C. k. philipi Eliot, 1987 northern Thailand
  • C. k. ueharai Koiwaya & Osada, 1998 Laos
  • C. k. konga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan
  • C. k. aungseini Koiwaya, 2000 Myanmar
  • C. k. naokoae Morita, 2002 northern Vietnam
  • India range

    The butterfly occurs in India from Nagaland to Manipur.

    References

    Chrysozephyrus kabrua Wikipedia